“Kitchens have historically served as a gathering place for friends and family, originally because it was usually the warmest place in the house,” observes REALTOR® Janet Matthews, founder of Charlottesville Town and Country. “The open floor plans that are prevalent today help with creating space and make the kitchen much more visible and integrated in […]
Shadow Bats, Jen Fleisher and Jesse Fiske’s musical group with their 5-year-old son, Theo, have recorded one song so far, Jen said, a track entitled, naturally, “Shadow Bats.” But there’s likely more to come. Music is important in the Fleisher-Fiske household: Jen plays bass for Jim Waive & the Young Divorcees and Jesse plays guitar […]
Some teenagers spend their time planning their next Snapchat story. But 17-year-old Caroline Tillman is planning her next business move. When she was 10, she went on a three-year circumnavigation with her parents on their sailboat, and while at sea, freelanced for a few national sailing magazines. It was then that she caught the entrepreneurial […]
If someone had told Javin Montgomery-DeLaurier when he was a little kid that by age 16 he’d already be on the receiving end of more than a dozen scholarship offers to play college basketball, he probably would have laughed. “I was still growing really fast when I was 10, and I was really clumsy,” Javin […]
There’s one generally agreed-upon rule of thumb when it comes to designing any room: It’s always better to collect pieces over time than to purchase everything at once for the sake of furnishing your space. And that’s the approach Jill Tebbenkamp takes when helping clients outfit their nurseries. “The most soul-nurturing and time-enduring space is […]
They hear it all the time: “I don’t know how you do it.” So it’s no wonder Troy Johnson and his wife Jessica Thomas-Johnson are both quick with answers when asked just how they do it. “A lot of practice,” said Troy, who has two daughters, 13-year-old Kianna and 10-year-old Kennedy, from a previous marriage, […]
When Selene and Avery Evans got married in 2007, they weren’t entirely sure how they were going to merge their two families. They had five kids from previous marriages between them, ranging in ages from kindergarten to high school, and a new house with enough space for everybody to have their own room. But if you ask […]
Virginia’s diverse and vibrant economy includes substantial urban areas, but the dominant industry continues to be agriculture, which provides in excess of 300,000 jobs and adds over $50 billion annually to our economy. Virginia has relied on agriculture from the time of the earliest colonists who cultivated food crops to feed their families. Eventually they […]
According to the National Association of Home Builders, windows are the most common building component homeowners employ to improve the energy efficiency of their home. On the other hand, Consumer Reports points that even with energy savings, it will take many years to recoup the cost of replacing existing windows. Still, new windows can spiff […]
Traditionally spring is the time of year when many people put their homes on the market, and buyers come out to see what is available. There are many reasons for this. The holidays are over, the air is warmer and landscapes are alive with blooming plants and trees. Children are still in school in the […]